All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage and the go — Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile
All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage and the go — Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile
All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage and the go — Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile
All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage and the go — Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile
All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage and the go — Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile
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All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage and the gold watch at the end of it all? That's all gone around here, my friend.

— Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile
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